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WORLD
HELICOPTERS

Accomplishments, histories, pictures, specifications
and  sounds of the most  historic helicopters  in  the
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WORLD
HELICOPTERS
 

Bell AH-1 Cobra The world's first dedicated attack helicopter ever produced.

AH-56 Cheyenne One of the world's fastest rotorcraft.

AH-64 Apache The primary United States Army attack helicopter.

Airwolf supersonic helicopter. From a tv show. It could fly at supersonic speeds.

Aerospatiale Alouette II Known for its high altitude operations and precise handling.

Aerpspatiale AS 350 Ecureuil Popular TV news helicopter sold in 43 countries around the world.

Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar Versatile medium helicopter used in military and civil aviation around the world.

Agusta Westland AW109 Grand Holds the speed record for circumnavigating the world.

Bell 206 Jet Ranger First helicopter ever to fly around the world.

Bell 222 America's first light twin heli.

MBB Eurocopter BO 105 The first production helicopter with a rigid rotor system.

Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight Main USMC medium helicopter since 1964.

Boeing CH-47 Chinook Mainstay medium helicopter for the U.S. Army since 1962.

Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion Largest U.S. helicopter ever produced.

Sikorsky CH-54/S-64 Sky Crane Holds the current FAI altitude load carrying record.

Eurocopter Dauphin Popular twin engine, Fenstron equipped, utility helicopter.

Eurocopter EC 135   Said to be the quietest helicopter in the world.

Eurocopter EC 145 Twin engine, medium helicopter, used primarily for emergency rescue.

Focke Achgelis FA-223 Drach  World's first operational transport helicopter.

Focke Wulf FW-61  The world's first fully controllable helicopter.

G-1 Said to be the world's smallest helicopter, although none have been seen flying.

Gazelle The helicopter flown by the British Blue Eagles demonstration team.

H-5 Dragonfly World's first dedicated rescue helicopter.

Kamov Ka-27 co-axial utility helicopter.

Ka-50 Black Shark  World's first helicopter with jet fighter-like ejection seats.

Kaman K-Max  World's first dedicated cargo hauling helicopter.

MD Helicopters MD 500  Known as a reliable, economical, light helicopter.

McDonnell MD 520N  NOTAR helicopter.

Mil Mi-12 Largest helicopter in the world.

Mil Mi-24 Hind  Famous Soviet helicopter used extensively in Afghanistan.

NH Industries NH90  Utility helicopter built for NATO countries.

Bell OH-58 Kiowa First U.S. helicopter ever to be built with an all-glass cockpit.

RAH-66 Comanche  Costly experimental stealth helicopter project that was canceled in 2004.

Sikorsky S-76 Spirit   High performance civil executive transport helicopter.

Aerospatiale SA-315 Lama   Hold's the world helicopter altitude record.

Aerospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon  The largest production European helicopter.

Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma  The first all-weather helicopter to be produced outside of the Soviet Union.

Sikorsky Sea King Official helicopter of U.S. president designated Marine One.

Bell Super Cobra   Improved twin engine version of the original Cobra helicopter.

Eurocopter Tiger  Battlefield helicopter of Europe.

Bell UH-1 Huey  Well known as the primary Vietnam transport helicopter.

Bell UH-1Y  The latest in the line of the most widely produced helicopters in the West today.

Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk  Primary United States Army transport helicopter of today.

Boeing Bell V-22 Osprey
Tilt rotor aircraft lifting off as a helicopter and flying with the speed of an aeroplane.

Westland ZB-500 Lynx  The helicopter world speed record holder.